The concentrations of U in natural waters are usually low, being typically less than 4 μg/L in
river water, around 3.3 μg/L in open seawater, and usually less than 5 μg/L in groundwater …

Biochar has unveiled a new avenue for carbon (C) sequestration and has shown the
potential to increase agricultural productivity. Although there is still debate about the …

Building on the success of its 1993 predecessor, this second edition of Geochemistry,
Groundwater and Pollution has been thoroughly re-written, updated and extended to …

The industrial scale production and wide variety of applications of manufactured
nanoparticles (NPs) and their possible release in considerable amounts into the natural …

Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

The acid–base properties of 14 standard and reference materials from the International
Humic Substances Society (IHSS) were investigated by potentiometric titration. Titrations …

A total of 171 datasets of literature and experimental data for metal-ion binding by fulvic and
humic acids have been digitized and re-analyzed using the NICA− Donnan model. Generic …

The complexation of heavy metals with dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the environment
influences the solubility and mobility of these metals. In this paper, we measured the …

Environmental Context. The fate and behaviour of trace pollutants are very strongly
modified, and usually dominated, by their physical and chemical interactions with naturally …

In this paper, we characterize the leaching of heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) from
eight contaminated soils over a wide range of pH (pH 0.4− 12) using an original approach …